Prosecutors Release Video Of School Shooter's Interrogation

posted by Bill Galluccio -

Aug 9, 2018

Florida prosecutors released video from the interrogation of the 19-year-old who is accused of opening fire and killing 17 of his former classmates at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. The video is ten hours long and shows the suspect's strange and deteriorating behavior as he is grilled by investigators, just hours after the Valentine's Day shooting. The actual interrogation lasted 13 hours, with breaks, but authorities said they edited out some sections, including Nikolas Cruz'sconfession.

In the video, Cruz told investigators that he heard a "demon voice" in his head.

It’s a voice. The voice is in here and then it’s me, it’s just regular me, just trying to be a good person.”

He claimed that it was the voices that instructed him to return to his former high school and kill his classmates.

Later in the video, when Cruz was left alone, he started violently punching himself in the face. At one point he can be heard saying "kill me" and "I want to die." He was also seen putting two fingers to his temple and pretending to pull a trigger.